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Show Today Baseball. B2 B3 B7 B8 WNBA Scoreboard. Weather Roste Jones gets off to a fast start at the 1999 LPGA Championship. B4 SPORTS EDITOR: TAD WALCH Bl THE DAILY HERALD 344-25- f RIDAV. JL St 25. iW Pirovo ballclub wowld be affiliated ill fill the void. By TAD WALCH The Daily Herald PROVO If the Helena Brewers move their Pioneer Dick Harmon Hale faces task of juggling dreams with rugged reality League baseball franchise here next year, they will be affiliated with a Major League Baseball club. Pioneer League president Jim McCurdy said that if the Milwaukee Brewers drop their affiliation with the team, another big league organization is required to "Under the Professional Baseball Agreement, all clubs are assured affiliation," McCurdy told The Daily Herald Thursday. "We have a agreement and we're in the second year of that agreement." The Brewers have two affiliates in the Pioneer rookie Ixague, a leapue. A PBA rule forbids that, and Milwaukee appears 10-ye- short-seaso- n ready to keep its affiliation with the Ogden Raptors while jettisoning Helena. McCurdy downplayed The Daily Herald's report in Thursday's edition that the Helena owners, Rob Owens and Linda Oath Ray, owe the Helena about city of $250,000. "The club obviously would honor its obligations," McCurdy said. "Under the PBA, no city or other creditor can be left unpaid." A call to the California law offices of Owens and Ray was not returned. Helena's owners were in a e race to secure the two-hors- Provo location with Jim Goldsmith's American Sports Equities, which owns rights to an expansion franchise in the independent Western Baseball league. Goldsmith warned Provo Thursday that Salt Lake Buzz owner Joe Buzas would end up as the owner of the He left for a few minutes. PROVO When he came back, there were 25 voice-mamessages on his phone. Welcome to Val Hale's new life as BYUs athletic director-elec"I can tell already, it will be quite a ride," Hale said. . Humbled but anxious, ambitious but Hale has been cautious, the put in a dream job he's always wanted. Now, the idea of having the job is colliding with the reality of actually doing the job. He'll take over as BYUs athletic director on July 1. If there is one positive aspect to this change of athletic directors, it is public education on the reality of how things really work at BYU. Decisions are not the product of One man's work or title. . " IT IS not a democracy. If you have an idea, or dream, you take it to a committee. That committee will discuss it with another executive committee, which might or might not run it by the board of trustees. If the dream has merit, you get approval. - Maybe. That, folks, is the reality of this athletic director's job. Which explains why sometimes things run at a snail's pace on BYUs campus. In the real world, this is called politics. At BYU, it's standard operating -' procedure. ; Dream: The recently deposed Rondo Fehlberg, and now Hale, see an indoor football practice facility as a ; high priority. , Reality: There's a " moratorium in effect on campus. The facility does not have official approval. -"- zero-buildin- g Estimates put the project's time- line between two to five years no matter how many letters, phone calls or talk shows the subject draws. Dream: It would be nice to join a or bigger conference like the Pac-1Big 12. 0 Reality: Relations with other schools particularly the University I of Utah, of which some board mem-' bers are alumni remains one of many stumbling blocks. - Dream: Raising money for athletics. Reality: Donor money to BYU is directed to a general effort, not a specific project. ; - Buzas owns territorial rights to Provo under the PBA. and has refused to allow a team here. Owens and Kay have reached a financial agreement with Buzas. Goldsmith believes that Helena's financial deal with Buzas would lead to repayment of its debt and lead to a Sec BALL CLl'B. 112 under way in Big Apple! t. ' here. Soul search il ; franchise if Helena moved 6Lg) CO y o NEW YORK (AP) A three-stor- tall tapestry hangs at the entrance of Madison Square Garden. It reads: "I Still Believe." Inside the arena, the big question Thursday was whi ther the New York Knicks still do. Trailing the San Antonio Spurs 3-in the best-of-- 7 NBA Finals, a deficit that no team has overcome in the championship round, the Knicks have to decide whether they truly-thinthey have a shot at beating the 1 Detmer, Lewis address youth Spurs. ' Game 5 is tonight. still think we can win the series," said coach Jeff Van Gundy, who has always remained a true believer. "I told them they're only bound by what they think they can accomplish. If they believe that since no team has ever done this then it can't be done, then that will be reflected in our play tomorrow. "But as I told them, no eighth seed has ever made it here, either, so history doesn't have to hamper us. "All we have to do is win one home game. Then we can go down, there and get one road game. And; "I By SCOTT BELL The Daily Herald PROVO Youngsters at BYU's football camp got an extra treat Thursday. In addition to drills and instruction from BYU coaches, former Cougar greats Ty Detmer and Chad Lewis addressed the campers. Detmer and Lewis spoke on the BYU football field to more than 100 young football players. Both focused on staying prepared and being quality people off the playing field. Detmer was in town to speak at a BYU conference. management Although Detmer won the Heisman Trophy back in 1990, he was still mobbed by young autograph seekers. "I enjoy coming back," Detmer said. "I've had some good experiences around here." Detmer was traded by the San Francisco 49ers to the expansion Cleveland Browns during the offseason. He heads into training camp as the starting quarterback, although SCOTT BELLThe Daily Herald The stars are out: Former Cougar greats Ty Detmer, left, and Chad Lewis, center, joined coach Chris Pella on Thursday in addressing the youngsters at BYU's summer football camp. 1 draft pick Tim Couch is waiting in the wings. "Really, it's our first year so we'll see what happens," Detmer said. "We're a new team, but we feel we'll be competitive." Lewis was the cut by Lewis, who grew up in Orem, has been in and out of town over the offseason. He remembers pro athletes speaking at camps he attended as a teenager. "It's fun because most of them care about what you have to say," Lewis said. "When I was that age, I cared what they said and looked up to those athletes." Detmer and Lewis were introduced to the campers by assistant coach Chris Pella. Both players also visited with assistants Robbie Bosco and Brian Mitchell and trainer George Curtis. No. Philadelphia Eagles last year after breaking his ankle. He signed with the St. Louis Rams at the end of last season and will go to camp with them this year. "I feel real good about it," Lewis said. "But in the NFL, you can't bank on anything. All I can do is work hard and make plays." then you're playing the ultimate J game." Van Gundy admitted he made itj J sound easier than it is. look J don't Indeed, things promis-ing for a New York team that contin- ues to fight injuries and continues to play some of its worst ball at the, worst time the end of the fourth J quarter. The Knicks couldn't mount a final" comeback in Games 1 and 2 in San? Antonio, nor could they do so inj I i See FINALS, B5J . THERE ARE a few exceptions. BYU fundraisers are very protective of their cash cows. Dream: Recruiting top 10 football and basketball talent. Reality: BYU's recruiting pool is small, so mistakes in judgment are magnificent seven A . ". . . ' w"'- -. t - costly. And since the early 1980s, more LDS recruits are opting (and are "encouraged) to serve LDS missions at some time in their careers. The results have been great for individuals, but have proved costly to team chemistry and continuity in BYU's major sports. Dream: To fill seats in the Marriott Center and Cougar Stadium. Reality: BYU's students, once a " robust, group, are now gen-- . erally a collection of high GPA acade- ACT scores inians who post ;"." find live with books and computers. ; i For a decade now, this group's had ';'& tough time warming up to spectator fun-lovin- g 30-pl- v sports. t Dick Harmon is executive sports 'editor of The Daily CHICAGO (AP) The crowd sat in stunned silence. The few Nigerians on hand Herald. right away so that we played our game." What the a game Americans played, one that showed how to win fans and World Cups. The United States emphatically displayed why it is one of the world's best began dancing in their seats. So did their countrywomen on the field. What a way to start a World Cup game for the host Americans. After two minwomen's soccer utes, they were down to teams by throtone of the few vrcniD tling the African chamnations that CUP1 H can match pions. A crowd of 65,080, the their firepower. "You can never prepare for second straight sellout for the American squad in the a team coming out and scorWomen's World Cup, was ing within the first two minutes on you," Tiffeny Milbrett eager for such a showing. said after the Americans The fans at Soldier Field, seven with goals, responded many decked out in red, two by Milbrett, in a romp white and blue clothes, hairdos or body paint, got just Thursday night. "But I think it actually was what they wanted. But not before Nigeria, a blessing in disguise for us, because it really made us get which promised it would not angry. It really made us alert back off against the highly 0 7-- 1 K'Z So, Val, enjoy the ride. ."'.'Z You're welcome to it. ;'-- U.S. women roll past Nigeria in World Cup ranked American squad, scored in the second minute. Big mistake. "They came out not intimidated, especially by the crowd," United States star Mia Hamm said of the Nigerians, who beat North Korea in their opener. "They love to play and you could see that. "Maybe we got lucky, but the way we rebounded from that goal was big time." The victory, following the defeat of Americans' Denmark in the opener, virtually assured a spot in the BETH A. KEISERThe Associated Press quarterfinals and a berth in Let's celebrate: Mia Hamm, bottom, slides into the bench after the 2000 Olympics. But scoring the second goal for the U.S. in Thursday's match. North Korea's victory over Denmark in Portland, Mass., on Sunday. Before the first half was Ore., prevented the United the the United States added over, Trailing from States clinching Americans responded with four more for a edge, tying advancement. two goals in 58 seconds, both a Women's World Cup record, The United States plays involving Hamm, who had a the Koreans in Foxboro, goal and an assist. gee CUP, B6 3-- 0 3-- 1 1-- 6-- 1 2 OORCOPY |